Aviation

  Carriers yet to pay Jan, Feb. salaries, walk tight rope Reduce charges, levies, taxes, Olumide tells FG Uncertainty seems to envelop Nigeria’s aviation industry and the fate of airline workers as Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractor has concluded plans to place workers on half salaries and wages occasioned by the huge effect of COVID-19 pandemic. This is coming amid convergent views for bail out for airlines as a way of cushioning their losses. While…

Rising to meet the historic challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, today a repatriation flight carrying 376 U.S. citizens departed Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos for Washington Dulles International Airport.   The chartered flight operated by Ethiopian Airlines departed at about 1725 local time and is the first in a series of repatriation flights for American citizens out of Lagos. Additional flights are expected to depart Lagos within the next few days.      Priority on…

Eight fatal accidents, 240 fatalities registered   The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for the 2019 safety performance of the commercial airline industry showing continuing improvements in airline safety compared to 2018 and to the preceding five years. All major 2019 safety performance indicators improved compared to 2018 and to the average of the 2014-2018. According to the report, in 2019, it was 1.13 per cent or one accident every 884,000 flights compared 1.36 per cent…

  Following flight hitch encountered by an American based aircraft firm, Omni Air International which prevented the evacuation of over 300 Americans at the weekend, Ethiopian Airlines on Monday evacuated 385 America nationals from the Lagos airport. The aircraft departed at about 4.40pm for Dulles International Airport, Washington DC. Also on Monday, Canadians numbering over 200 were evacuated by an Ethiopian airline Boeing 767, flight ET8201 with Registration number ET-ALO. After the normal airport formalities,…

  The decision by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to suspend issuance and processing of Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and other related certificates to aviation personnel may reduce operational airplanes and qualified pilots from taking to the skies after the end of Coronavirus pandemic. The NCAA in a letter to aviation industry stakeholders titled, “COVID-19 outbreak: Industry communication from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) signed by the DG, Capt. Musa Nuhu dated April 1,…

Evacuees to bear cost of exercise, 37 Egyptians leave Nigeria The Consulate General of Nigeria, New York, United States has begun the compilation of Nigerian nationals requiring emergency evacuation during the challenging period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial implications of the evacuation will be borne by the prospective evacuee according to the consulate. In an evacuation notice signed by Consul Information and Community Relations, Mrs. Ninikanwa Okey-Uche for Consul General titled, “Evacuation of Nigerians…

  Hundreds of Americans scheduled to be evacuated from Lagos were left stranded this morning at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The US nationals who had already check-in by the airport authorities were seen collecting their baggage from through arrival baggage belts with the plan to go back home . A top official of one of the aviation agencies told Woleshadarenews that the flight to be operated by Omni Air International on charter operations  was ‘cancelled due…

Hundreds of Americans scheduled to be evacuated from Lagos were left stranded this morning at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The US nationals who had already check-in by the airport authorities were seen collecting their baggage from through arrival baggage belts with the plan to go back home. A top official of one of the aviation agencies told Woleshadarenews that the flight that was supposed to evacuate them was ‘cancelled due to the inability of the…

  S/Africa tops continent’s losses The International Air Transport Association (IATA)  strengthened its call for urgent action from governments in Africa and the Middle East to provide financial relief to airlines. IATA stated this In its latest scenario for potential revenue loss by carriers in Africa and the Middle East which it said has reached $23 billion ($19 billion in the Middle East and $4 billion in Africa).  This it noted translates into a drop of…

  Three hundred and ninety-nine French citizens and two hundred and thirty eight Germans were today evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by their governments. Air France’s A330 airplane which was the first to land departed at 13.56hr while Lufthansa German Airline departed with her nationals at 15.46hr. Before their departure, the Germans underwent airport security formalities and screening for COVID-19  as they awaited the Lufthansa flight which landed few hours after…